How To: Ford CMP "Blitz" miscellany

[Jacques Reed]

Hi Mike,

Again, thanks for your great help. Your wealth of military history knowledge is astonishing!

I will persist with the front mounted disk as I believe the truck is about 1944 production so it would be in keeping. Original cowl had a lot of wastage, dents, and the top front crossmember missing but a better intact one came along. Both have the spot welded on brackets for the disk.

I have never found a chassis serial number at the places mentioned in this forum, top of the right side frame near the front engine crossmember or on the vertical side below it. It has entered my mind that perhaps it was assembled from parts post-war and never issued a s/n. Could that be a possibility?

Wheels were stamped 1943 and the round gauges led me to believe it is late war but who knows.

Will keep searching for the vehicle the canopy fits based on yours and Ken's leads.

Many thanks again.

Jacques